[anthonyyang]

Since I am putting a lot of information in the Bio section, it tends to be a sources of random search results.  I am really hoping that there is a way to exclude it from being searched.

Thanks!

[anthonyyang]

Also I am looking for a way for categories to be search via the search.  I have chosen not to show all of my catgories, but I would like for a search to bring up results for a category which is tied to my departmental and hierarchical structure.

[Steven Zahm]

@ anthonyyang

You can define which fields are searched under the Search tab on the Connections : Settings admin page. Sorry, but categories are not part of the search criteria.

[Scott]

I’ve been working on some customizations to cmap and would like to display the category list for each item, which I’ve done by calling the categories in the card.php file as such:

<?php $categories = $entry->getCategory();
											
											if ( !empty($categories) )
											{
												$i = 0;
												
												foreach ($categories as $category)
												{
													
													
													echo $category->name;
													
													$i++;
													if ( count($categories) > $i ) echo ', ';
												}
												
												unset($i);
											}?>

I’d also like to make the categories searchable, but for the moment I’m having trouble making the basic search function return results. If I search for the word “computer” but the word “computers” (plural) is included in a searchable field, no results are returned.

Suggestions?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Scott

I’m not 100% certain I follow what you’re asking, sorry. I think there are three questions, right?

The first one, are you just trying to list out the categories assinged to the entry? If yes, all you need is this command: $entry->getCategoryBlock(). This function can be found in the class.output.php file.

With cMap, categories are already searchable. Click the drop down and there is a field to search thru the categories.

If you’re searching for computer or computers both should return results. Here’s demo. Searching for villag dropping the e it returns the results for village.

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